The Gift of Exhortation

Till I come, give attention to reading,
to exhortation, to doctrine.
​1 Timothy 4:13​

Dictionary.com says this about the meaning of the word exhortation – “an utterance, discourse, or address conveying urgent advice or recommendations.” The word used in Greek for exhortation is paraklēsis. According to Vines Expository Dictionary, it means something slightly different - “a calling to one’s side” (para, “beside,” and kaleo, “to call”), and so it is often translated as comfort, consolation, entreaty or encourage. So what exactly is the “gift” of exhortation, and how does one use it?

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